Katherine Behar’s automated office machines simply pantomime labor, just like many bored office workers after they’ve fulfilled their daily email quota.
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Renée Reizman
Renée Reizman lives in Los Angeles, where she is a research-based interdisciplinary artist and writer who examines cultural aesthetics and their relationship between urbanization, law, and technology. Her writing has appeared in The Atlantic, The Awl, and Real Life Magazine. Learn more about her dog on Twitter and Instagram.
FotoFest Houston’s Power Lies in What Remains Unseen
For some artists, erasure is a way to restore dignity.
VALIE EXPORT Insists on Taking Up Space
EXPORT’s urban interventions in her exhibition Embodied alert us to the risks of being read as femme in a highly visible, public space.
Paintings That Capture the Full Force of Nature
There’s nothing still in Melinda Braathen’s still lifes, which are lush and alive, growing, pulsing, vibrating.
Getting Cozy at Felix, LA’s Art Fair Underdog
The dizzying hallways and poolside cabanas of Hollywood’s Roosevelt Hotel come alive with art that leans into the lowbrow.
LA’s Cat Art Show Is Back Fur More
The exhibition brings together feline-loving artists from around the world to raise money for cat charities.
When Feminism Ruled CalArts
The Feminist Art Program at CalArts produced some of the most well-known second-wave feminist artists and a diverse third-wave movement.
Yoshie Sakai Goes Clubbin’ With Grandma
Her spotlight on elderly women’s sexuality and energy challenges the images society often projects onto grandmothers as feeble and non-sexual.
Luz Carabaño’s Tiny Cosmos in Paint
Carabaño’s rippling, organic shapes curve into ethereal portals that feel like they could transport viewers into another dimension.
Floral Arrangements Enter the Art Gallery in Los Angeles
As Canary Test’s owners interacted with their green-thumbed neighbors, they observed that the artistry behind floral arrangement was not unlike sculpture.
Dancing Our Way Past the Anthropocene
The Oi! Spotlight artists accept that ecology has deteriorated, but rather than ask viewers to reverse human action, they depict ways of adapting in the future.
Jonas Kulikauskas Reimagines the Ghetto
The photographer illuminates a chapter of Jewish history that, until recently, has been obscured by scholars.